The final season will debut Thursday, Oct. 4 for one last guido go-round. MTV has announced that a retrospective entitled Gym, Tan, Look Back will air before the Video Music Awards on Thursday, Sept. 6. However, Jersey fans will still be able to get their fix, as spin-off Snooki & JWOWW was recently renewed for a second season which has yet to begin filming.

The End of an Era Begins Thursday, September 6 Leading up to the “2012 VMA’s”as MTV Gives Viewers the First Look at Footage from the Final Season in the “Jersey Shore” Special, “Gym, Tan, Look Back,” at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT

Cast Will Give Interviews LIVE from the “2012 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show” Red Carpet at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT and Network to Air All-Day Marathon

Starting at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT

New York, NY (August 30, 2012) – Although the party will never be over, summers at the “Shore” are officially coming to a close.MTVtoday announced that Season Six of “Jersey Shore,” premiering on Thursday, October 4 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, will mark the FINAL SEASON of the pop culture phenomenon.

MTV will kick-off a season’s worth of celebratory “Jersey Shore” farewell programming beginning Thursday, September 6, leading up to the night’s “2012 MTV Video Music Awards ”at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, that includes:

MTV will reward fans with an EXCLUSIVE,FIRST LOOK AT FOOTAGE FROM THE FINAL SEASON in the one-hour retrospective special, “Gym, Tan, Look Back, ”premiering at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT. The special also features cast interviews in which they reminisce about quintessential water-cooler moments from the show, share their personal feelings on the last six seasons, and give their perspective on the series that turned them into household names.

Then at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT, members of the “Jersey Shore” cast gathers for their FIRST INTERVIEWS post-announcement to discuss the final season LIVE from the “2012 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show” red carpet.

The full-day celebration kick-off at 11 a.m. ET/PT with an “awards-themed” marathon of “Jersey Shore”episodes, which will feature some of the most iconic moments in the series’ history worthy of an award, including “Best Bromance,” among others.

Following Season Six premiere on October 4, MTV will give viewers bonus programming each week at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT following all-new episodes, from fan-favorite after shows with the cast, to the scintillating reunion special and more.

“Jersey Shore” is MTV’s highest rated series ever in the network’s history and it has achieved and maintained television domination as the #1 cable series for P12-34 consecutively for all five of its previous seasons. The fan fascination with the series led to a Thursday night, 10-spot programming domination and a burgeoning franchise that to date includes, the domestic spinoff series “The Pauly D Project” and “Snooki & JWOWW,” the latter of which will airs its season finale on Thursday, September 13 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

“Jersey Shore” has been one of MTV’s top performing series across all of the network’s international markets and within its target audience of youth viewers 12-24, performing particularly well in Australia, Denmark, Singapore, Spain, Mexico, the UK, Poland, Ireland, Belgium and Sweden. "Jersey Shore" has inspired two international versions for MTV, further expanding the franchise: "Geordie Shore" in the UK is the #1 show in MTV UK history and will air its fourth season later this year, and “Gandia Shore” in Spain is currently in production filming season one.

“Jersey Shore” is executive produced by SallyAnn Salsano from 495 Productions. Jacquelyn French is executive producer for MTV. Janay Dutton is Executive In Charge of Production for MTV. Concept created by Anthony Beltempo.

I don’t get your post. You start off saying it’s not worth celebrating, but you end saying damage has been done. Surely it is worth celebrating if the show has done any sort of damage, right? What are you actually saying?

Flame

YAAAAY!

Jason50

Hollywood never seems to run out of ideas for shows about stuffing people in a house together for a length of time. No matter how bad the idea sounds people will tune in.

Ben

Praise Be! One less pile of steaming crap on TV! MTV had better start showing programs worth watching or the entire network can be cancelled as far as I am concerned.
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Who really needs MTV anymore?

Chris Parker

seriously…. I am thrilled… I look forward to watching the train wrecks and bankruptcies on TMZ, LOL

GG

They’re all already irrelevant. Next, Kim Kardashian with her fake face and fake family need to diaf.

Steve-A

@Bill I think it’s already among us. Love and Hip Hop Atlanta.

intexor

Nice, but it will just be replaced by even worse crap. Honey Boo Boo anyone?